Pack and pack and pack... to move...

Moving house is always very tiring... moving room only is equally tiring if you have LOTS and LOTS of stuff. = (

Didn't realize I had so much stuff... it seems to be growing and growing across the 1 year plus duration in Lion City... hahahaha.... I keep packing and packing... and there's still lots of stuff. Lucky my bro came during Christmas weekend to help shift some big big stuff over 1st. If not... I really no eye see... My official moving date is the last day of year 2008 and I will be doing the countdown at my new place with my new hommies at the banyard.

I just finished packing up 90% of my stuff... *phew... the remaining will be packed up tomorrow when I'm back from work. Hope everything can fit into the taxi. Thanks to Piggy... as she will be coming over to my place to help me shift. = ))

Year 2008 Review

Time really flies... 2 more days to go and 2008 will be over. I didn't even realize that I had been living in LION city for past 1 year, since Sept 2007. Let's do a review and update on what I have done so far.... seems like nothing much... and another year just wasted like that... hahaha...

Looking back at my 'New Year Resolutions' made at the beginning of the year... results not very promising.... but at least better than nothing... just gotta work harder next year!!

1. Half achieved on the exercise part but not on the eating part... and weight never check so not sure lose or not but fitter and stronger.

2. Promising on the 1st half of the year but flopped towards the 2nd half of the year. = (

3. Passed with condition - had a great time in AUS and postponed Viet to later date.

4. Done - completed Jap and took JLPT4 - hope I pass... cross finger till results out in Mar.

5. Failed - didn't learn my Chinese at all... my chinese dictionary and books collecting dust.

6. Fair only - still learning... and need more time and hard work on the techniques and styling.

7. Borderline Pass - managed to swim but still there are lots to go... hahaha...

8. Failed - keep getting rejected due to low iron and low blood pressure. = (

9. Fair only - trying hard to discipline myself... doing better on the positive and sensitive side but still working hard on the patience and procrastination... hahaha..

10. This must be daily bread every year... hahahaha... on going item to keep up... = )

* Sigh.... seems like it is only 50-50... though I didn't achieve all of them.... I did have lots of fun in year 2008. Well, I must give myself a pat on the back and tell myself to work harder next year... New year... new resolutions... new home.... new housemates.... new chapter in my life journey... GAM-BATTE!!

Christmas@Zoo

Today we celebrated our Christmas with all the animals at the ZOO. Hahaha... the domestic animals visiting the animals in the cage. Initially, supposingly there's 8 of us but 2 suddenly 'aeroplane'-ed us coz too tired.

We visited the monkeys, lions, zebras, Jo's fav giraffes, orang utans, reptiles, Piggy's pet's relative - tapirs, white tigers that ate the guy who commited suicide in the Zoo recently, penguins, polar bears, roos, etc... Watched some animal shows, fed some animals, kissed by the sea lion, irritated by some uncivilised people as well... I think it's a nice place for a leisure visit.. and the weather was pretty good today... cloudy... = )

Overall, we all had LOTS of FUN... spend almost one full day there... everyone was damn tired but had a happy... great time there... Took so many pictures... keep snapping away till all the batteries are flat and memory cards are full. hahaha...

Last week of 2008...

Gosh... time really flies. It's Christmas Eve again.... and 1 more week to go, we will all say buh-bye to 2008 and Hello to 2009!! I haven't been a real good gal this year... must work harder next year. Gotta reflect back on all my previous new year resolutions and come out with new ones. hahaha... it's like year end appraisals. :p

to be continued....

Snow White & d' 7 Dwarfs

Last Sunday night, I went to watch the WILDRICE musical "Snow White" with my friends and we had a good time laughing throughout the show. It was not the usual classical romantic type of musical but it's the one with a twist.

I really enjoyed the show though my colleague told me that the last few ones (i.e. Cinderel-Lah, Jack and the Beansprouts, Oi! Sleeping Beauty, etc..) were better though this was quite good. After the show, we even took pictures with the casts. I think the Queen was really good and the Magic Mirror and one of the dwarf were quite entertaining as well. The prince is quite cute... boy-ish cute... or you could say more of a 'pretty' boy and the queen is handsome. Snow White is played by Elena Wang, while Queen and Prince are played by Sebastian Tan and Dwayne Tan respectively. Piggy wanted to hug both the Queen and the Prince. hahahah... She loved it so much... she even took pictures with all of them and got their autographed CD.

One of Piggy's favourite song in the show... hahha... "Ordinary Gal" by the Queen...

O-O-O-Ordinary
O-O-O-Ordinary
O-O-O-Ordinary
Ordinary girl
(Repeat)

VERSE 1:
You can’t afford my diamonds
Or these exquisite pearls
But even though I am your queen
I’m just one of the girls
This bracelet costs an atom bomb
This ring will ruin you
But apart from these accessories
I’m down to earth, it’s true

CHORUS:
I’m just an ordinary girl
I could be living just next door
My handsome Gurkha bodyguards
I’ll have to ask you to ignore

VERSE 2:
Of course I’m always driven round
In big expensive cars
And I have weekly dinners with
Tycoons and superstars

BRIDGE:
But take away all that
And we’re all just the same
A rich girl with expensive taste
Is not someone you’d blame
I’ll go to hawker centres
And sit with drunks and bums
I’ll even drink some kopi-O
And eat mee Siam mai hum
Mai hum mai hum
Mai hum mai hum mai hum

CHORUS:
I’m just an ordinary girl
I could be living just next door
My multi-million salary
I’ll have to ask you to ignore
O-O-O-Ordinary
O-O-O-Ordinary
O-O-O-Ordinary
Ordinary girl
(Repeat)

Buh-bye messy hair...

Was thinking hard what to do with my messy long mane... to look nice? for better maintenance? cost? time? which style? where? hahaha...

1. Nothing
2. Trim
3. Cut few inches
4. Cut very short
5. Rebond
6. Perm wavy
7. Perm curly
8. Colour
9. Fringe
10. Botak

Made up mind to book appointment with one of my friend a.k.a. part time hairdresser at her aunty's saloon. Said buh-bye to my messy mane and a more maintainable one now... though didn't change much... still look very much the same style. Ended doing 3, 5, 8 & 9... hahaha..

I wanted it to be even shorter but every time the hairsylist will only cut till max...right below the shoulder.... guess my 'pau' face can't have short hairstyle. =p

* b4 and after... haha...

Old dy... or legs getting rusty...

After so long being away from the dance class, my legs aching after the 2 hours dancing today. Teacher complaining dancing slacking... hahaha... Maybe old dy... dance bit oledi tired... Or have been away from GYM lately and didn't sleep enough... Hahaha... just some old excuses... = p

Interest VS Effort

Does the amount of 'Interest' actually determine the amount of 'Effort' a person willing to put in to do something or to complete a task?!? * Something to ponder about...

Preview of Christmas 2008 in Lion City

Here's some preview of how Christmas look like in Lion City for year 2008. I think this year the decorations aren't that great. Maybe cut cost due to recession. Hehe... Some pictures I took while walking along Orchard road. Heard from Piggy the decor at MV is good this year. Too bad, not there... have to get Froggy to upload some pictures for me.

* The festive arch at Orchard road.. the fellas up there are waving their hands.. up and down..

* This year's theme seems to be Sweets with all these cute fellas...

* Closer view....

* Outside the SG tourism centre...

* Giant cup cakes along the street...

* This cute Christmas wrath moves in circles...

* Christmas tree outside Paragon...

* Orchard road all lit up with lightings....

* Giant Christmas tree at Takashimaya... every year they re-cycle the same tree...

* Kawaii onna no ko wa dare desuka? = )

I'm Back... =p

Haven't been blogging lately... everything also wait till JLPT's over... haha...

- Clean the room... wait till JLPT's over.
- Go to GYM... wait till JLPT's over.
- Christmas shopping... wait till JLPT's over.
- Watch movie in cinema... wait till JLPT's over.
- Organize some weekend activities... wait till JLPT's over.
- Pack up for house-moving... wait till JLPT's over.
- Do something to my messy hair... wait till JLPT's over.
and the list goes on and on....

Hmmm... I guess some are just excuses of being lazy... as if I study for JLPT 24 hours huh...

BUT I'm so GLAD it's over.... now just crossed my fingers and wait for the results. Pray that I passed... though I feel that I didn't do that well as my listening was real bad. 3 months and I will know the results. Anyway, gotta thank Piggy for giving me some last minute crash revision session for the few chapters I never learnt.. before the exam. * muaahhhh.... hug hug...

Now that the JLPT's over... there's more to come... arrghhh... and at the same time...*sigh...
Just need to "GAMBATTE"!!! and get ready for a better year 2009.... which is only about 3 weeks away... gosh... time flies...

1. Pack up and shift to new home * hope it will be a better year living in a new home = )
2. Change Jap school - 1st lesson this Sat * better be good... coz more expensive.. $$ fly...
3. Tame my mane this weekend * hope after that, don't look like 'crazy-woman'...
4. Clean my room * look like a jungle now... where should i start?!?
5. Do some Christmas shopping * have to spend wisely... recession... keke...
6. Get back on track to GYM * haven't sleep well lately... dunno why...
7. Watch movie in cinema * suppose to watch Madagascar... hope not over yet...
8. Weekend activities * will start with Snow White this weekend... = )
........ and work is piling up in office as well... bz bz bz year end....

What a way to usher off year 2008 huh... everything squeezed in to the very LAST month... HAhaHAha.... =p

Back to GYM after 1 month plus...

Body still aching terribly... all over... especially the flabby chicken wings... haven't been feeling like this for quite some time...

This is what happen when you skip GYM for 1 month plus... After long break away, become lazy and had been skipping GYM. Went back to PUMP class on Mon morning... had a hard time carrying the weights that I used to carry... hands and legs shaking after the class... this morning woke up aching all over... got out from bed late coz spent time rolling on the bed... haha.. must really start to get the momentum going, else back to Square 1. Will go gym again tomorrow night... must get going else will grow wider along the way... ^@^

My gym mates had been asking why I have been MIA for quite some time... even my gym instructor noticed that I was not around... kekeke...

Horrible Dessert - Very disappointing...

Went to 'Waraku Ladies Night' for dinner with my colleagues just now. Overall, the food was OK but the dessert was damn disappointing... Look at the picture look so nice... like some beancurd with red beans... BUT when it arrives, it doesn't look appetizing.

Look at the picture and compare to the real thing... hahaha... my colleague said it looks like 'pan mee' and some say look like 'chee cheong fan'... *sigh.. should have just be safe and order ice-cream. The desserts really cannot make it at all...

Seriously, the 'pan mee' dessert not only does not look tempting... it is tasteless... After complaining about it... they brought back the dessert to the kitchen and came back with MORE red beans... hahaha.. BUT it doesn't help much either....

I think this is the worst dessert I've eaten so far... Or maybe I just don't know how to appreciate it... Hahahah.... eeeEEeeee...

Cat Fight in Bus

Gosh... in bus also can have big commotion... hahaha... check out the link below...

http://multimedia.asiaone.com/Multimedia/Vodcast/News/Story/A1Multimedia20081124-5062.html

CRAZY 'CROCS' SALE

Had a 'SUPER' tiring day today.... went for a CROCS warehouse sale with Piggy, Chicky and wife. It as quite a worth sale as it was up till 80% off BUT it was really a crazy experience. We went there earlier before it starts at 10am as advised by my colleague as she went yesterday and the Q was really really long. And today, it was EVEN LONGER.... The Q actually filled up the whole hall next door and it got longer and longer... some of them even came back for the SALE after buying a lot yesterday...

* This is how the Q look like at 9:30am and the beginning of the line is at the next hall's entrance... some people even packed food to sit down on the floor to eat while Q-ing...

* This is the situation during the SALE...

It got worst when more and more people are coming in... Everyone pushing each other and almost pushed the table off towards the salesperson. A kid almost got squashed... but rescued by the dad screaming at everyone to back off. Everyone was screaming for the sizes of the shoes and you can see shoes flying from one end... and people catching and snatching from the other end... but some end up with the wrong sizes. Hahaha... There's this 'Angmo' busy capturing video of the whole chaotic sale session. I didn't bring my camera so I end up taking picture with my HP and the quality ain't that good. They grabbed the shoes like it's FREE. Imagine if it's really free... I think people will be trampled to death and there will be injuries... kekeke...

* Some people sitting on the floor with the whole bag of shoes trying the sizes...

People there can be quite scary. We took a few pairs of different designs after squeezing our way in and out the crowd, to one little corner to try on the sizes and shortlist the ones we wanted to buy. When Chicky open his plastic bag (which everyone was given one to store their selected shoes), there's people coming over to put their hands in his bag. Chicky stared at them and tell them to backoff. When Piggy put down one pair on the floor to try out... people come over wanting to take that pair... Ain't that scary?!? Piggy quickly told them "It's MINE!" and "I want this!".... Hahaha... After shortlisting all the shoes, we throw the unwanted one in one bag and put it aside on the floor and people came over to the bag... like 'VULTURES'.... SCARY... Some people bought bags and bags of CROCS...

* Cute ya... the BIG CROCS on the guy's head... too bad they don't sell it... = )

* Piggy and Mrs. Chicky so HAPPY with their new crocs... some more with XMAS decor...

My mission there is to buy this 'CAPRI' which I really like but didn't buy coz expensive BUT end up buying other things... bought 2 pair of shoes for myself and 2 pairs for my mom. One black 'Celeste Suede' and one red 'Troika', which looks like Ronald Mcdonald's shoes... haha...

Now, everyone's happy with their CROCS. = )

*** Hmm... Piggy always say I'm a 'Shopaholic'... I think deep inside she's one also... Hahaha... And she got a PINK CROCS with Mickey design... I didn't influence her this time... =p

Finals over... here comes JLPT...

I'm so glad my Jap Finals' over.... but JLPT to come... Lucky, there's Piggy coming to rescue. Hahaha... Still having HOLS mood after the loonng break... No mood to work... and now even no mood to blog... * Sigh... better go to sleep...

Back to Lion City = )

Back from Down Under... Had GREAT FUN doing the Amazing Race... Met Shee Hwa Hwa... and her other half.... Bubble's Owner... Climbed the Sydney Bridge but got bit disappointed coz maybe expected too much.... but we did enjoy ourselves... Met all the Aussie Mates but didn't get to 'pau-pau' koala or wombat... = ( Never walked so much.... Dead tired when back... Fell sick towards the last few days in Sydney... recovering... from 'fair n lovely' to 'burnt charcoal' after all the sun burnt... even after applying sun block... just in time to become 'Rudolph' during Christmas day. On the day back from KL to SG... I recharged my battery from 9pm till 9am the next day. Lazy bones in action after Looonng hols.... suppose to study for my finals... Well, at least I did study today with my classmates... gonna have Oral tomorrow... Wish me luck... and need to study more for my grammar on Mon as well as Listening and Dictation on Wed. I wonder why they need to split it into so many days... so troublesome.... Well, just enjoy my weekends before I get back to work on Mon....

Anyway, will try to blog more after the FINALS... = )

HaPPi BirthDaY 2 Me-self = >

Happy Birthday 2 Me...
Happy Birthday 2 Me...
Happy Birthday 2 Meeeeee...
Happy Birthday 2 Me!!! = )

There goes my 20s and here comes my 30s... Getting older by a year today... Any wiser? Hahaha.. definitely had become 'grumpier' when at work... One of my colleague at work like to call me 'Ms. Grumpy' and I would always call her 'Ms. Frowny' coz she always frown in front of her notebook while working. hahaha...

Well... didn't really celebrate much this year... too busy preparing for my trip and clearing my work. Ate few dinners with friends earlier last couple of weeks... more of Jap.. n Jap... n Jap food. Had been skipping gym for 1 week so must cut down on my intake. Else, end up wider. Kekeke... And gonna skip for another 3 weeks while in AUS. 2 more days to go....

Hope I will have a safe, enjoyable and air-sick free trip this Sun!!! * fingers crossed...

Countdown...3..2..1... Here I come...

Gosh.. had been real busy lately and didn't really blog much.

BZ at work... BZ running here and there... settling stuff... stressing over the unfinished 'Down-Under' Itinerary and bookings. At last, it's all done 90%... so looking forward to it...

And at last, my long lost aunty found her way home tonite... never in my life, I was so looking forward to my aunty visiting me and being happy when it's at my doorsteps. Now, I hope she would just make a quick short visit before I say buh-bye to her and head off to meet 'Tapir' and gang, as well as the lovely penguins, koalas, dolphins and roos...

I haven't do my packing yet. Planning to do some crash packing tomorrow night... hopefully. Hahaha... always say go home early but end up home round 11pm... can't help it... suppose to early today and catch 'Tapir' online BUT... errr.. it's Piggy's fault... but I did it willingly la.. hahah... had to company her go dinner and fill up her almost empty wardrobe. Hehehe... shopaholic in action... helping her to put more colors in the daily life... I bet her mommy would be very happy. She look so lovely in her new clothes... = ))

Longest D&D that I've been to...

Last Sat was my company's D&D and it was at Shangrila hotel. It was the LONGEST D&D that I've been to... It started at 6pm and only ended towards midnight. Hahaha...

Maybe coz this year we're celebrating our 100th year anniversay so have to make it X-tra long for everyone to remember. = ) The food was just OK... no shark fin but wintermelon soup... lucky Piggy not here else she would be pretty disappointed without her favourite dish.

We had entertainment from our own staff... it's almost like a 'American Idols' thingy with all the contestants up for singing and dancing. Some were quite good and entertaining.... Well, at least everyone had FUN and we have a good emcee.

I didn't get to win any lucky draw as usual coz never really the 'lucky' one... BUT I got my $50 NTUC voucher as door gift. Everyone gets to draw their own door gift at the entrance... with minimum of at least $50 worth of gifts. My friend got 1 night stay in Sentosa and mostly got shopping and food vouchers.

I'm glad I got the NTUC voucher... happy shopping for groceries!! = )

Bird Park Pix

Belated posting of some pix on the bird park visits...

THREATENED 2day = (

Today I get threatening message in office... just because someone didn't do their work and I just state the facts to follow up with him. *Sigh... people are just getting more inconsiderate and more violent each day.

He tells me not to irritate him further... I will not like if it he 'RETALIATE'.... oOOoo... I'm so scared... I tell my supervisor and colleague, if anything happens to me or even if I lose one hair... they know who to find.... Hahaha....

Boy... now I feel so 'unsafe' to go to work.... = (

Tell me... what you think of the word 'RETALIATE'?

This is what I get when I .....

1. seek in dictionary.com....

to return like for like, esp. evil for evil: to retaliate for an injury.

2. seek in wikitionary....

To do something harmful or negative to get revenge for some harm; to fight back or respond in kind to an injury or affront.

Bowling

Today, I went for bowling at Marina Square. Found that this is the only bowling centre in the shopping mall. Well, it has been quite some time since I last bowled. I only played one game coz it's not that cheap. $5.30 for 1 game plus the $1 shoe rental. 1 game is really not enough... just enough for warming up. Hahaha. I just wanna practise a little before the company bowling competition. Joined for fun with a couple of colleagues in a group.

My friend made a remark about going bowling alone... She said it's weird... people might just think you 'sat luen' (in cantonese - it means broken hearted) * faint... What's wrong with bowling alone?!? I asked around but nobody's interested. Next week, will go practise one more session with my fella colleagues. Practise enough not to keep washing the 'long-kang'... hahaha...

Bad Omen?!?

* Sigh... Is this a bad omen or what?!? I dropped one of my favourite watch on the floor today and the glass broke... = ( Well, it is still working but without the glass protection...

Today's Horoscope

The Bottom Line
There is no room for excuses, today -- the only thing standing in your way is you.

In Detail
There is no room for excuses today -- the only thing standing in your way is you, so it's time to stop playing the blame game and start getting things done. If you don't have all the information you need, then ask more compelling questions. If no one will stop what they are doing and help you, then just do it yourself. It isn't any fun to have to do more work than other people are doing, but at least when you are done you can feel proud of yourself for not just sitting around and complaining.


Oh boy... today's reading is just so TRUE...
Alright... I get the message here... Stop complaining and just do the things myself to get things done. *sigh... guess that's why I need to work today...hahaha... if you can't depend on others... just do it! yourself... but sometimes it's always easier said than done...

MON Bluessss....

Haven't been going to GYM for 5 days... feeling bit demotivated... It's a MON morning and I'm at work so early today... * sigh... hope I will make it to GYM later after work... something to look forward to... 'Down-Under' plan still under construction... = (

MUSIC is back... = )

Really could not stand having no MUSIC in my ears during the train/bus rides... so end up buying my earphones dy... hahaha...

Bird Park Day

Went to 'Jurong Bird Park' today... FREE with company pass... = )) Initially, it was raining in the morning... thought cannot make it anymore... luckily, it stopped when we reach the park... it was a FUN outing... too bad can't stay longer coz had class in the afternoon...

Will blog up on the birdies later... I like the Penguins the most and Joann love the Owls...

Another 2 videos to share...

Check out this video if you're free... very inspiring... links from my colleague....

These people can live life to the fullest even though they are not lucky enough to have what we all have... So, enjoy and life our life to the fullest... no matter what... And cherish all your loved ones... Life is short and unpredictable... = )

Nick Vujicic's Life Without Limbs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWtuFoaqmzs

Lady who live life with only her pair of legs....(note: it's in Cantonese)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GNzBFnUAdo

I'm so touched.... :~ (

I'm so touched after watching this video... about 'Dick & Rick Hoyt'.... the power of FAITH and the GREAT LOVE from a father... fulfiling his son's dream of doing the Triathlon... by going through the whole race together with him all the way.... He never gave up on his son even when the doctor said that their son is just gonna be like a 'vegetable' for the rest of his life....

Watching the video... makes you think that you should cherish life even more and be grateful for all the things we have... BELIEVE and have FAITH to make things happen...

GOD BLESS YOU ALL!! = ))

http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=5268c403589c52e30080

SEE, HEAR & SPEAK NO EVIL...

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There's this 'SIMPLE' task assigned to this guy to eat the APPLE by 'X' day BUT...

Guy: Hi.. how do I eat the apple?

Gal: Just take the apple, open your mouth, bite and chew.. up to you...

Guy: Hmmm...Should I eat it with the skin or without the skin? If without skin, how?

Gal: It's up to you. Just eat it. If want to eat without skin, go peel the skin...

Guy: Arrr?!?! How? Can we call for a meeting to discuss on this?

Gal: WHAT?!?! * faint.... vomit blood... (I might as well just eat the apple myself...)

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Sometimes....

What you see... may not be what you think you saw...
What you hear... may not be true...
What you say... may not be what you meant...
What you feel... may not be right...

To say or not to say... to CARE or not to care... * sigh...

So, who to trust? Trust GOD & just listen to your "HEART".... one man can't do it all....

Well, it's just best to practise the following....

SEE NO EVIL....

HEAR NO EVIL....

&

SPEAK NO EVIL....

IRONMAN

IRONMAN.....does that ring a bell to you?

I bet the first thing you thing of would is the ficticious character from the Marvel Comics. Well, to me that's what I thought of... one of the hero from all the super heroes like Superman, Batman and Spiderman... hehe...

Well, the other day my friend was just talking about the Ironman race... actually I heard about it on and off... but never really know what it is all about, just know that it is something like the marathon thingy. There's this Ironman Triathlon that was recently held in Singapore on Sun (7th Sept'08). The one that Vit-C got injured.

So I went to googled a bit on it... So, the one just held in Singapore is just a Half Ironman, which consist of a 1.2-mile (1.9km) swim, 56-mile (90km) bike ride and 13.1-mile (21.1km) run. OMG... meaning the full one would be a 2.4-mile (3.8km) swim, 112-mile (180km) bike ride and 26.3 (42km) run. Wow... thinking about the distance really scares me off... Must really live by "ADIDAS" and "NIKE" motto to get through the race of endurance.

My gym buddy's family and friends really into running, marathon, triathlon and also Ironman... hahaha... feel so stressed... small and weak around them... Some of her friends even travelled all the way to Beijing and Shanghai just to do the Marathon... her friend just completed the Half Ironman within 8 hours... "gung-ho"... I bet she can also do it if she really trained hard... Lately, her sis just asked whether anyone interested to join the 'Quadthlon'... it's something new... with roller-blading as the 4th addition to the race...

I really SALUTE to all these people... having all the determination and endurance to go through all these... after doing the 15km run... it's definitely not an easy thing... it's not just a physical battle but more of a MENTAL battle... GAM-BA-TE to all the Ironman & Ironlady wannabe!!

Get Well Soon, Vit-C!! = )

My usual PUMP instructor didn't turn up this morning....

His replacement came and told us he could not come coz injured himself while joining the 'Ironman' during the weekends. He skidded on his bike and crashed on one side hurting his arm. Poor thing...

Hope he 'GET WELL SOON' and start pumping away again... = )

Music does make a difference... = ((

I had been without my lovely tunes from my MP3 for 1 week plus... it's really killing me... arrgghhh... the earphones are not even 1 year and it's gone case... no more music coming out... I tried checking out the earphones the other day... not cheap also... thought of going back to buy since I will be back end of the month.... hope I can stand it till then... So now... silence all the way during my bus and train rides. = (((

The other day, Chicky say one Creative earphones for $10 at the COMEX fair but didn't manage to buy it for me coz of the CROWDS... too bad... the other day the 'XXX' brand one also cost more than $10. I think I better go get a better one. This normal one usually drop out from my ear coz it can't fit properly... need the smaller ones to fit nicely in the ear holes.

So for now... must 'yan... yan... yan....' Spend my time in the bus/train memorizing my Jap.

Friends of opposite sex cannot put hands on friend's shoulder?!?

Hmm.... today friends keep asking whether 'Piggy' is pak-toing with 'XXX'....

Then I was wondering WHY???

This question had popped up once a while quite some time ago... and I haven't really hear people asking... till now... then I know why when I go in 'Facebook'....

Hahahaha.... can't an opposite sex friend put his/her hand on their friends' shoulder while taking pictures?!? If like that considered pak-toh... then hold hands or closer can get married dy?!?

Ok.. ok... I think maybe I exaggerate a bit... = ))

Oriental Cadence - 7 Sept 2008

Today I went to watch my friend sing in a concert. Our Japanese Society had a program this weekend called "Oriental Cadence" which includes singing performance, Koto performance as well as Harmonica Orchestra. It was pretty interesting and the singing was beautiful.

My friend asked me not to post any of her picture in that clothings in 'Facebook'. Well, I did not post it in Facebook but blog it here.. haha..anyway, it's soooo small and can't see your serious face so clearly... so no harm done... and 166 does not visit my page. = ))

* Don't kill me TROLL if you reading...

* The performance tickets.
* The program list

* My friend singing in the Choir

Addicted to Facebook Game

Lately, think I'm bit addicted to the Facebook Game... hahaha...

Now into this game call "Guess the Sketch"... where you are given a word and you have to sketch it out so that other people can guess what it is.... if the guess is correct, you will given certain points depending on the timing you take to guess. Everyone will get their turns to sketch and the rest will guess. If you use letters, you can be penalized and turns can be skipped.

Go check it out if you're free... hehe... I think it's kind of a de-stressing activity playing the game. = )

So Ignorant...

I had been wearing this T-shirt for about 1 year and I never even realised what was written on the shirt... till after the dance class today... when my colleague keep laughing when she look at my T. I was wondering why... coz it says, "SAVE WATER... SHOWER TOGETHER"...

I bought the T-shirt for GYM workout and it was very comfy... but never go check out what was written on the shirt... * blur blur...

Another year passed...

Time really flies... It's been 1 year working in Lion City. My 1st day at work here was on 3rd Sept '07. I started out lonely here with no friends and colleagues ain't that friendly at the beginning. Now... there's friends around and I got a wonderful bunch of team mates and friendly colleagues around. Well, of course... some irritating people are unavoided anywhere. Hahaha...
And now, there are more and more people coming down to Lion City...

Spent the last year's 'Mooncake Festival' here... and also gonna celeb this year's 'FULL MOON' here. I wonder how many more to go... Before the actual celebration, I already ate 3 big mooncakes coz my dad bought me the whole box the last time I went back to KL. Just hope that face don't end up like mooncake. Hahaha..

This year's lantern festival in Singapore is based on the theme of 'Fantasy-8 (F-8) Races with Hello Kitty & Friends'. Not really a big fan of Hello Kitty. The 8 friends including Hello Kitty are Dear Daniel, My Melody, Bad Badtz-Maru, Pom Pom Purin, Minna No Tabo, Keroppi and Cinnamoroll! If Froggie is here, she would be interested coz of Keroppi. It's not cheap... getting more expensive compared to last time... now it's like SGD15 per adult.

Really looking forward to the end of the month to go back to KL.... Another short break from my work before my 'Down Under' trip... = )))

Today's Horoscope - 3rd Sept '08

The Bottom Line
If people call you selfish for not going along with the crowd, that's their problem.

In Detail
People notice when other people stand up for their principles -- and they'll notice when you stand up for yours, today. Sure, by sticking to your guns you might make things inconvenient for one or two folks, but so what? You cannot change your way of doing things just to make someone else happy. If people consider it selfish of you to resist going along with the crowd, that's their problem, not yours. Be prepared to go it alone for the next few days if you must. It will be worth it.

** this is sooo TRUE... I guess you can't just make everyone HAPPY... And sometimes no matter how good you are, people may not appreciate it and take it for granted. Even can end up getting bullied. hahaha..

Personal Yearbook Pictures - Oldies Feeling

Was playing at this website from my friend -> www.yearbookyourself.com

So funny.... kekeke.... Can't imagine myself with all these hairstyles... Will not dare to get out of the house.... BUT these are all so 'In-Fashion' during the 50s all the ways to the 90s...

Check out the website and create your own Year book pictures and have FUN! = ))

RED like Lobster... due to RSAF 2008

I'm not totally burnt today after the whole morning in the hot sun... visiting the "RSAF - Republic of Singapore Air Force Open Day" today. (30.08.08) They were celebrating their 40th anniversary and provided free shuttle for public at a couple of bus interchange. I didn't expect so many people to turn up at the event. It was pretty interesting though...

This is how I look like now... super RED like Lobster... didn't realize till I took my bath. =p

Initially, thought of tanning myself a little... to get rid of my white chicken wings arms... BUT... it turned out to be cooked chicken wings... a bit overdone.... kekeke...

We spent about 3-4 hours there during the morning... though a bit BURNT but we enjoyed ourselves with the activities.... Aerial display.... Arming display... Aircraft display... played some kiddo games and won some li'l prize... Too bad, just didn't have the luck to win the lucky draw in order to sit in the flying 'Air Balloon' and 'Air Craft'...

Had FUN taking pictures though... the SKY was very BEAUTIFUL.... = )

Here's some of the little gifts won... by playing the kiddo games.... hahah... BIG KID...

* I asked this guy friend of mine to join us.... His response was: Not interested in Air Force... they are SHOW-OFF... haha... maybe he jealous or really no like Air Force at all..BUT lucky he no come also...else will complain like MAD under the HOT Sun...kekeke....

Lovely ~ANGEL~

Bought this 'ANGEL' figurine while shopping at Takashimaya with my mom when she is in Lion City. Don't you think it look so LOVELY?!?

It's not the SHOP but the individual's ATTITUDE...

Today, I went to another "Better Vision" optical shop at Compass Point, Sengkang. There's really a BIG difference between this shop's services and the other one at Novena Square. The services at NS sucks. I booked an appointment at this shop about 2 weeks ago. When they wanted to change my appointment, they actually called to inform me in advance and asked which time is convenient to me. When I reached there, I was served pretty well with the courtesy and patience. They didn't even show me unhappy faces when I didn't buy anything from there but told me that I can come by anytime and just give them NRIC number and they can find my records easily. Now, that's what I call good service and great attitude. The optometrist was also a very nice, sweet young lady. Will recommend my friends to go there...


At last, I got my FREE 5 pairs of 'Aqua Comfort Plus' Focus Dailies contact lenses. Gonna try it out tomorrow to see how good it is. The current normal lenses actually can get very dry when you wear for LONG hours and sometimes it's pretty hard to take it off. Let's see what had been enhanced in these new lenses. = ))

Reverse Crunch

picture source: http://exercise.about.com

Lately, me and my gym buddy keep going for abs classes:- Ab Fab, Bodylicious... and other classes such as Body Pump and Aerobics, which also work out on our Abs.

My gym buddy trying to get her 6 packs... hehehe... and she wants to get Jolin's arms... =p

Usually, we will do the sit-ups, crunches... and also 'REVERSE CRUNCH'... which I find it very difficult... always end up cheating.. by swinging up our legs in the air... hahaha...

The correct way is to lift up your legs high up in the sky without moving other parts of your body and using the core muscle at your Abs. Trust me, it ain't easy... you can try it out! If you can do this for 10 mins everyday, I'm sure you will get a flatter tummy... = ))

BUT still a looonnnng way to go for us... maybe in our dreams. kekeke...

Beginner level -> http://www.ehow.com/video_16237_reverse-crunch.html

Advanced level -> http://stronglifts.com/the-reverse-crunch-get-your-six-pack-abs/

Mooncakes in a creative way...

My friend forwarded me an advert the other day... think it's pretty interesting... so I'm sharing it here... mooncakes in a creative way... pretty interesting to market it this way... kekeke...

'Pat Yuet Sat Em'... in cantonese... it means 15 Aug but sometimes they also use it for 'butt'....haha... round butt like the moon.. coz on the 15th....it's full moon.... = ))

KL is so not SAFE...

Just back to Lion City after having a short break in KL...

Boy.. KL is really not so safe... Went to church with 'Froggie' this morning at PJ and after mass, while walking towards her car... her bag got snatched by this motorcyclist.

It happened so fast and she was really shocked to response. By the time, we realize it, it was too late to check out the bike's license plate. It was real lucky that 'Froggie' didn't get hurt but still she was very sad coz she lost her fav handphone and all the important cards are inside the bag.

I hope this incident will bring all the BAD luck away from her and all the good ones will follow soon... Cheer up, Froggie!!

So, you all out there... be careful with your bags... especially the gals slinging the bags at the shoulders... you might get hurt if they snatched and drag you along...

Today's Horoscope = )

It's definitely important to keep a balance in your life, but don't beat yourself up if you just can't do it, today. Sometimes you get into phases where all you want to do is relax -- and sometimes you get into phases where all you want to do is work. It's not the end of the world. You can't force yourself to mix things up if you just don't feel like it. Cut yourself some slack and don't try to be perfect. No one expects it of you, so why would you expect it of yourself?

* morale of the story... just live life simple and don't expect so much... think sometimes i just expect too much and get myself so stressed...

Really worked out 2day

Initially, today planned to go for 3 gym classes: Body Balance, AbFab & Step101 but ended up going for the later 2 instead coz suddenly auntie just come visiting without informing. No wonder these few days bit moody and keep feeling hungry and tired. Hahaha..

The AbFab class was really good... really worked my abs today BUT some of the moves still cannot really do and it's not easy. Really admire how the instructor does it... like with no effort... his abs is so strong. Guess need LOTS of practise... time and hard work.

The Step101 was good but can't really follow. This is the 1st time going to this instructor's class. Gosh, really not like 101... more like 201... seriously, he was doing it so fast with so many turning and changes, a lot of people just can't follow. He does it continuously non-stop and never really show you the steps slowly step by step. BUT if you can follow, the steps and workout is quite good. Felt so damn tired after the class or maybe coz it's my auntie in action...

Tomorrow hopefully still have the energy to go for my Aerobics class. = ))

Y need APPOINTMENT?!?

Today, I got really pissed off by this guy at the Optical store. I made an appointment at 5pm to claim my FREE 5 pairs of latest new 'AquaComfort Plus' Focus dailies contacts as I got this voucher from 'SHAPE' run. The condition is I must make an appointment and have my full eye consultation before I can claim it.

When I reached there with my friends, nobody came to entertain us at all... leave us waiting there for quite awhile. When that guy walked over, he didn't even say sorry to keep us waiting and ask us to come back at 5:30pm. Helloooo?!? We made an appointment at 5pm and you never even inform us earlier that we have to wait another 30 mins.

Some more... he dare to tell us... 1st come 1st serve... those people in the room book 4:30pm. And he added that even if you go clinic, you also have to wait. Wahhh... really wanna box him leh.. I guess he don't know what is an 'APPOINTMENT'... if you cannot finish giving consultation within 30 mins, then why schedule appointment every 30 mins. Else, if you need people to wait coz of uncertainty in the time, then please inform over the phone of such thing. Some more, the person who took the booking told me it can be just a short consultation. If it is 1st come 1st serve, at the 1st place, why bother to ask people to book appointment. Then, might as well ask people come and wait.. and wait... and wait... to have this kinda service. =p

My friend tell me... FREE stuff is this kinda service... Well, if don't want to give, then don't sponsor and give voucher offering the free stuff right... Hmm.. BETTER VISION huh... sure or not... definitely NOT better service or better attitude... I'll make sure non of my friends or people that I know go to that branch, which is at Novena. And the guy's name is 'Edwin'....=p

With this kinda attitude and service, I bet you will not have BETTER SERVICE ok.